Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of staff employed by his Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.
Answered by Simon Kirby
As at 31 December 2016, HM Treasury employed the following members on a contract:
Contract type | Number of employees | Proportion of employees |
Fulltime Permanent | 1074 | 89% |
Part-time Permanent | 83 | 7% |
FTC less than 2 years | 50 | 4% |
Details on the number of agency staff can be found in our Workforce Management Information which is published online and can be accessed via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmt-workforce-management-information-december-2016
There are currently no employees at HM Treasury working on zero-hours contracts.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter of 1 March 2017 from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West on Making Tax Digital, reference ZA6919.
Answered by Jane Ellison
I replied to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West about Making Tax Digital on 20 April.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) targets and (b) financial rewards formed part of HM Revenue and Customs' contract with Concentrix for its processing of claims for tax credits.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The construct of the contract between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Concentrix has been published, and is available at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85d1b730-5e4e-4be8-ae4c-3ac1f359afc7?p=@QxUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=UF
The contract was predicated on Concentrix undertaking interventions with regard to potential error and fraud in relation to the tax credits system. With regard to targets, the contract provided for specific activity to be completed by Concentrix in undertaking error and fraud intervention activity.
The contract also provided for specific targets in terms of dedicated quality, key and standard performance indicators which were connected, where appropriate, to a performance management regime (for example, with payment to Concentrix being reduced accordingly should pre-agreed levels of performance not be met).
With regard to financial rewards, payment to Concentrix was based on an established commission rate and linked to gross losses prevented by them in undertaking dedicated error and fraud intervention activity.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisation will run the compliance process for tax credits for (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
Answered by Jane Ellison
HM Revenue and Customs will run and deliver the entire compliance process for tax credits.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to update the regulatory framework on suretyship.
Answered by Simon Kirby
This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which are operationally independent from the government.
The question has been passed on to the FCA and PRA and they will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of Mutual Guarantee Societies on lending in to SMEs.
Answered by Simon Kirby
The Chancellor has not made an assessment of the impact of the introduction of Mutual Guarantee Societies on lending to SMEs or on the potential demand for Mutual Guarantee Societies in the UK.
However, the FCA has received representations on this issue and officials plan to discuss this further with them.